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Starter · Lebanon · Beirut

Baba Ganoush 🍆

Name: Baba Ganoush
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2-4 servings
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 2 large eggplants; 3 tbsp tahini; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp olive oil; salt, to taste; parsley and pomegranate seeds, to garnish

Levant's smoky jewel: eggplants charred until the flesh turns silky, whipped with tahini, garlic and lemon. Scoop it with warm pita and watch it vanish first from the mezze table.

Beirut Governorate Lebanese ⏱ 45 min Easy

Method

1

Char the eggplants over a flame or at 220°C until the skin collapses and the flesh is soft.
2

Halve and scoop out the flesh, draining the bitter liquid.
3

Mash with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and salt — leave it rustic, not smooth.
4

Drizzle with olive oil and finish with parsley and pomegranate seeds; serve with warm pita.

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